IS/PL 358 - Violence
Spring Break 2010 in Berlin, Germany

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A historical-philosophical investigation into acts and relations of mass violence within the contexts of war, murder, genocide, rape and other forms of collective violence. This investigation will focus within the following arenas: the social-historical phenomena of violence and power; the extent of its moral justifiability, political legitimacy, and practical efficacy; the reality and responsibilities of perpetrators, victims, and spectators; and, the places that violence occupies within times of ordinary life.

Berlin: Major Sites Overview

Unter den Linden
Jewish Museum Berlin
New Synagogue Berlin
Topography of Terror
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
House of the Wannsee Conference
Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

February 5-6: Overview of Mass Violence and Theories of Violence
February 26-27: Comparative Analyses of the Holocaust, Rwandan Genocide, and Mass Violence in Bosnia
March 5: Travel preparation meeting
March 12-20: Trip
March 26: Reflections



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Hamburger Hauptbahnhof Pergamon Museum, Berlin Astra Kulturhaus Nikolaiviertel Tacheles

Information for Berlin Trip
Die Fabrik
BVG (transport)
Berlin Tourism
berlin.unlike
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Lonely Planet Berlin Guide
SO36
exberliner

Course-Related Links
Mass Violence
Ghosts of Rwanda
Genocide Watch
Yad Vashem
Bosnian NGO Assoc.
US Holocaust Memorial
Potočari

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